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Bay of Pigs invasion
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Marshall plan
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=82
The Marshall plan proposed that the president Truman to sign the Economic Recovery Act in 1948, and later on proposed that United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin airlift
British and American efforts to fly food and supplies into Berlyn during the soviet blockade in 1948 -
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McCarthyism
Joseph McCarthy accused many Americans of being Communists. McCarthyism reached a high point that it lead to many thing to happened. McCarthy bullied defendant with damaging accusations destroying the reputations of innocent officials and citizens. McCarthy was censured by the Senate in 1954.
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creation of NATO
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The first successful Soviet Nuclear weapon test
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb The first weapon test was 20 kilometers. Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb. They also tested the bombs by putting animals near by to see if they would survive. Soviet physicists who worked on the bomb were honored for the achievement based on the penalties they would have suffered had the test failed. -
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Korean war
The Korean war started after WW2, the Korean War was a proxy war for the Cold War. The West—the United Kingdom and the U.S., supported by the United Nations—supported South Korea, while communist China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. -
First Hydrogen bombs
The bombs were detonated by the United States on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak atoll which is located in the Pacific Ocean. This new weapon was close to 1,000 times more powerful than conventional nuclear devices.
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Start of the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rosenberg-trial-begins
The Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb and started the cold war in September 1949 based on information, including that from Greenglass,they had obtained from spies. The trial lasted nearly a month, finally ending on April 4 with convictions for all the defendants. The Rosenbergs were sentenced to death row on April 6. Sobell received a thirty-year sentence. Greenglass got 15 years for his cooperation. -
The murder of Emmett Till
Emmett till was murdered for the accusation of flirting with a white women's and was brutally murdered by the husband and the her brother the way they killed him it was by forcing till to carry a 75 pound cotton gin fan to the river bank then forced him to remove his clothing nearly beat him to death -
Highlights of Dwight D Eisenhower during term in office
presidenteisenhower.net/dwight-eisenhower-accomplishments/500/
https://www.biography.com/us-president/dwight-d-eisenhower Dwight D was the 34th president of the US, born on October 14,1890 in Denison,Texas. Before he became the president he was one of the greatest military generals in American history. He also signed the Highways Act, this act came into effect on June 29, 1956. It authorized $25 billion for 41,000 miles of interstate highways to be constructed in the United States. -
The Hungarian up rising
During the Hungarian up rising thousands were killed and wounded and about a quarter-million Hungarians left the country.The reason for the up rising was protesters took to the streets demanding a more democratic political system and freedom from Soviet oppression. -
The Launch of Sputnik 1
Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed 184 pounds which circled the Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. Traveling at 18,000 miles an per hour. it was first craft to land soft on the moon. the United States took a giant leap ahead in the space race in the late 1960's with the Apollo landing program. Which successfully landed two Apollo 11 astronauts in July 1969.
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Nikita Khrushchev highlights
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/nikita-sergeyevich-khrushchev
Nikita led the soviet Union during the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958-1964.He made peace with the West. At home, he initiated a process of “de-Stalinization” that made Soviet society less repressive. -
Castro takes over in Cuba
Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959 the reason why it was easy the government was corrupt and the people were open to change so they listen to Castro. when Cuba became communist the soviet union took that to there advantages because they will be able to face a bomb toward us. the reason for all of this was the u.s placed a nuclear bomb in turkey facing the soviet union -
U2 spy plane shot
The U-2 spy plane was the brainchild of the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA reassured the president that even if the plane had been shot down it was equipped with self-destruct that would and that would instructed the pilot to kill himself in such a situation.
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John F Kennedy elected to presidency
John F Kennedy was the first young president that managed being inexperienced and defending the Republican side during the Cold war diplomacy. Arguing that Soviet power had been contained and America’s strength increased. He approved to the foreign policy supporting Einsenhower's economic embargo. The embargo made it illegal for the Americans to make deals with Cuba. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president -
Cuban missile crisis
During the Cuban missile crisis 13 day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the placement of nuclear missiles placed by Soviet on Cuba. That was just 90 miles from U.S. shores.Which this caused panic to the people cause they didn't know if this would turn to a nuclear war. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis -
Birmingham church Bombing
In Birmingham, Alabama a bomb exploded on a Sunday morning in a church Killing four little girls and injured other people. During the service on 16th street. https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/birmingham-church-bombing -
First American Troops arrive in south Vietnam
The first american troops to arrive was on march 8, 1965. 3500 marines land at the beach to the defend the american air base Da Nang. which this caused the Vietnam war to happen.
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loving v. Virginia
In 1958 two people of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man. Who were married in the District of Columbia. Which this went to the supreme court because of banning interracial marriage in the united states. https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia
